[omniORB] Idle Connection Shutdown Problem

[Sai-Lai Lo]

>>>>> Peter Braun writes:

> We have figured out a problem with omniORB idle connection
> shutdown in combination with a JacORB client.

> omniORB closes a idle connection after some time 
> in tcpScocketStrand::shutdown (tcpSocketMTfactory.cc).
> When doing so it sends an incomplete GIOP request 
> without the message_size component (8 Bytes instead of 
> 12 Bytes). JacORB wants to read a complete GIOP request (12 Bytes)
> and thinks there is an IOException. 

> I didn't find anything in the CORBA spec that the message_size
> is optional, so I think JacORB is right.

> Can someone confirm this?

Its a bug. Already fixed in 2.6.0. Will be out real soon now.

Regards,

Sai-Lai

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